How much would a game cost if it was 2 years late had bad sound and the DMD had tearing?

How much would a game cost w/incomplete software?

See where Im going with this?

Anything can be new.That doesn't make it better.
I think asking your customers for solutions is lame, should have been covered in the 8k you just spent.

DAMN!!!!

ok

Ill play;

1)Stern were the only NIB games for over a decade.So really no choice for about 13 years.JJP is new and somewhat unproven,TH isn't exactly setting the scene on fire.Need a larger sample size from JJP(6 titles)?I guess.Again I think because its new.

2)Owners: some people just want new.I hear it all the time,on here and elsewhere."gimme new".OPs buy for the route.Need the latest title .It has NOTHING to do w/theme,designer,all the stuff home owners look for.Just get a FRESh title at the spot.Anything can be new,that doesn't make it better.Personally NIB is out of the question for me.Im not spending 8K on a DataEast/Sega/Stern product that might never be finished and Im damn sure not waiting 2 years + for anything at those prices.No fuckin way.I really feel that NIB experience sucks right now.Unless your an op,then its necessary

3)Im not an op,but I have 2 close friends who are.Im pretty close to them and they will ask my opinion on new titles.Not that it effects their decisions.One op buys every new Stern for his route and he even will route LEs which is supercool.The other is a little more discerning regarding titles.He currently has a TH and GoT LE at the place right now.Ive helped them move,repair, track down parts,bring backpacks filled w/quarters to the bank.Whatever I can do,and I support their games on their route.They are my friends first,and my local ops second,but it gives me some perspective.

4)Lots of experience maintaining and helping w/fixes.I feel like I can maintain my collection efficiently.Willing to help out on the route if need be.

5) In the wild?coin box.Designed to make money!!!! and of course its fun to play pinball,thats how they wound up in homes.

Just one dudes take on stuff,obviously lots of ways to look at it,and everybody's gotta do what turns them on and what they need to do business(ops)wise.

Gary Stern has no heir.Who will take over Stern if/when he retires?

He already runs the show.Im talking about owning.Gomez is salaried employee.Who gets the business?

I thought he was a career bachelor.

I hope she digs pinball.

Yes just wondering who and how it goes forward.Sounds like its

If he had all that why work for Stern.why not Gomez pinball?

Not so dumb.We all know how much Stern has taken out of there games.Theyve cut corners since day one.
Compare their machines with others and they are at the bottom of the list in build quality.
Big picture:it's a Data East/Sega game right down to the toys and mechs.
Except it somehow costs8-10k now

Right on

Data East?
Sega?

Somebody somewhere in the pinside universe said Stern has acquired the "pants press" a giant play field dimpler.So you would think they are doing play fields themselves.Working out the kinks?Getting the process together?
I have no proof but that's what I'm thinking based on the current data.

Ok they have had the dimpler. So that's not the problem.
Making their own play fields now?Considering their history of cost cutting whenever and wherever maybe they chintzed out on clear or wood or inserts.My guess is they will get it right.Hopefully sooner rather then later.I guess this caused the delay in shipping that was talked about.

just way too easy